“Buffalo…Who Knew” that the HIstoric Colored Musicians Club is the only continuously running, all-Black owned club in the US? This historically-significant site was founded in 1917 when the all-white musicians union, Local 43, refused to include African American musicians in the union. A separate union, Buffalo Local 533, was thus formed, making Buffalo the eighth city in the United States with a racially-segregated musicians’ local union.  From there, a close-knit group of its members formed a social club, which still exists today as [...]